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New York Times:
New Documents Reveal Details of Pompeo's Role in Ukraine Affair — Emails and documents released by the State Department support testimony showing Secretary of State Mike Pompeo enabled the Ukrainian pressure campaign at the center of the impeachment proceedings.
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NPR, Raw Story, Talking Points Memo, The Guardian, The Hill, Slate, The Week and Fox News
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Ros Krasny / Bloomberg:
Giuliani Says Biden Documents to Be Released ‘If I Disappear’ — In Fox interview downplays suggestion Trump will dump him — Actions in Ukraine have been a focus of impeachment inquiry — Rudy Giuliani, a focus of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump's foreign policy dealings …
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New York Post, The Hill, The Gateway Pundit and TIME
Evan Semones / Politico:
Top Dem says ethics investigation into Devin Nunes likely — The top Democrat on the House armed services committee said Saturday that Republican Rep. Devin Nunes is likely to face an ethics investigation over allegations he met with an ex-Ukrainian prosecutor at the center of the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump.
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Raw Story, Law & Crime, HuffPost, CNN, Talking Points Memo, Occupy Democrats, The Hill, Medium and Vox
Washington Post:
Top House Democrat says ethics probe of Nunes is likely over alleged meeting with Ukrainian about Bidens — A high-ranking House Democrat said Saturday it's “quite likely” Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) will face an ethics investigation over allegations that he met with an ex-Ukrainian official …
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Axios
Philip Rucker / Washington Post:
Trump's GOP support hardens despite damning impeachment testimony — After two weeks of extraordinary open hearings that Democrats envisioned as their best opportunity to shape public opinion on impeachment, President Trump claims to be impervious to the cascade of damaging revelations …
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LevittownNow.com, HuffPost and Raw Story
New York Times:
Navy Is Said to Proceed With Disciplinary Plans Against Edward Gallagher — Top military officials threatened to resign or be fired if their plans to remove Chief Gallagher from the SEALs were halted by President Trump, administration officials said. — The secretary of the Navy and the admiral …
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NBC News:
Navy secretary strongly considering resigning over Trump's meddling in SEAL case — Navy Secretary Spencer considered quitting over Trump's demand the Navy stop a probe of SEAL Eddie Gallagher. Military leaders lobbied Trump to reconsider. — WASHINGTON — Military leaders hoping to keep …
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Defense News, Vox, Redstate and Raw Story
CNN:
Official says Defense chief and Joint Chiefs Chairman raised concerns with White House on Gallagher case — Washington (CNN)Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley have raised serious concerns with the White House in the last 48 hours after President Donald Trump signaled …
Trevor Nace / Forbes:
Koalas ‘Functionally Extinct’ After Australia Bushfires Destroy 80% Of Their Habitat — As Australia experiences record-breaking drought and bushfires, koala populations have dwindled along with their habitat, leaving them “functionally extinct.” — The chairman of the Australian Koala Foundation …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Hospitalized — The justice was admitted after experiencing chills and a fever and expects to be released as early as Sunday morning, a Supreme Court spokeswoman said. — WASHINGTON — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was admitted to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore …
Bernie Sanders / ABC News:
New Hampshire may test durability of Sanders' popularity — Bernie Sanders has remained among the front-runners in the Democratic primary despite his campaign-trail heart attack and the rise of Elizabeth Warren and Pete Buttigieg, but perhaps no state will test that more than New Hampshire
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Fox News, The Daily Beast and Associated Press
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Maura Barrett / NBC News:
Kamala Harris tells Iowa voters she's ‘not a socialist’
Kamala Harris tells Iowa voters she's ‘not a socialist’
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The Hill, Agri-Pulse Communications … and The Nevada Independent
Matt Flegenheimer / New York Times:
Elizabeth Warren Has Done the Hard Part. Now Comes the Harder Part.
Todd Frankel / Washington Post:
Dozens of infant deaths have been tied to a popular baby product. But regulators are too paralyzed to act. — A paralyzing conflict inside the nation's product safety regulator has prevented the agency from taking action against a popular baby product that studies have linked …
Associated Press:
Bloomberg vows to refuse donations, presidential salary — Bloomberg's team has reserved more than $30 million in television ads set to begin running Sunday in several primary states. — NEW YORK — Michael Bloomberg will not accept political donations if he runs for president …
NewsHound Ellen / Latest from Crooks and Liars:
Press Sec Grisham Smears Bolton: Too Old To Understand Twitter — Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham did not deny John Bolton's accusation that the White House blocked his Twitter account. Instead she dodged the question by attacking him as too old to know how Twitter works. — Views:
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The Daily Wire, Hullabaloo and New York Times
Tara Law / TIME:
It's Not Just Flooding in Venice. Here's How Climate Change Threatens World Heritage Sites Everywhere — Venice is reeling from the worst flooding the city has experienced in 50 years, the city is “on its knees,” Venetian Mayor Luigi Brugnaro tweeted as water submerged much of the the famous historical city.
Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Feds fight back as Epstein death conspiracy theories swirl — NEW YORK (AP) — At another time in history, the indictment of two jail guards responsible for monitoring Jeffrey Epstein the night he killed himself might have served as an emphatic rebuttal to suspicions that the wealthy sex offender was actually murdered.
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Al Jazeera and The Independent
Caitlin Emma / Politico:
Agreement reached on spending bill allocations — Top appropriators in Congress have reached a deal on spending levels for a dozen bills that fund the day-to-day operations of the federal government, two individuals familiar with the negotiations said today.
Frederick Kempe / CNBC:
Iran faces its most critical moment since the 1979 Revolution — It's unclear whether Iran will respond to this historic test, which includes Trump's maximum pressure, with more military escalation, diplomatic compromise - or a combination of both, writes Atlantic Council CEO Frederick Kempe.
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Politico